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I had met Chanel & Mitchell at a wedding expo. While chatting with them, they mentioned that they had already gone through a traditional Hmong wedding. They were at the wedding expo for the planning process of a more modern westernized celebration. While the Hmong ceremony was meaningful and heartwarming, they wanted to take a step away from this tradition and incorporate their own character into the upcoming celebration.

I’ll never forget the voice message I received from Mitchell the morning that we had our initial consultation scheduled. It went something along the line of “Kathy? Umm, hi, this is Mitchell. Chanel & I have an appointment with you this morning. Unfortunately, we’re not able to make our appointment. Chanel’s water broke and we’re at the hospital. I’m so sorry that we need to reschedule.” It was touching that Mitchell was so apologetic. Seriously! You’re about to have a baby! No need to apologize! They were graced with a beautiful baby boy, Oliver.

The love that they have for each other and for baby O, helped during those first few sleepless weeks and adjustments. This was very apparent when we did finally meet about a month later to discuss their thoughts and desires for their Americanized wedding.

This super fun and whimsical stationery suite fit the bill! The invitation, a 5-panel accordion fold, told their story in an entertaining way, with fun illustrations showing their love for each other. The illustrations, captions, and typography all portrayed their own sense of humor. This design was carried onto their ceremony program – I love that Mitchell was a good sport by letting Chanel tell their guests that she typically takes the upper hand with games they play.

It was an honor that the judges of the 2017 American Advertising Federation show awarded this stationery suite a Silver ADDY award.

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You know, Madison has some really, really great wedding professionals. I was fortunate enough to collaborate in this Chic Amour Wedding Scape for the 2017 Wedding Planner and Guide. So fun to mix marble with metallic! When pairing gold, copper, and marble with shades of blush pink, peach, and grey, you get a pretty awesome looking décor and design.

Keeping it a subtle accent in the paper goods and cake, marble takes on a contemporary design element. The shades of blush pink, peach, and grey maintain that soft, yet romantic feel. Charlie’s on Main was the perfect backdrop, with their light and airy atmosphere.

So fun that BRIDES Magazine, a leading national wedding source, picked up elements of this wedding scapes for support elements to their online article highlighting marble as a wedding detail! Check out the write-up for yourself here on BRIDES.

You know you’re invited to a super fun wedding, when the wedding itself is on Halloween. AND, this wedding is taking place at Electronic Theatre Controls, a company that manufactures and services lighting systems and accessories for theatre, film and television studios, and architectural spaces. I don’t think you can get a better location for a Halloween wedding!

Jennifer and James wanted their invitations to have that gothic and somewhat spooky feel to them, without the expected Halloween imagery. Printing metallic silver and copper on a charcoal grey definitely gave it that feel, yet formal enough for a wedding invitation. I carried out this design on their escort cards as well as signage for their large-scale beverage sign.

Super proud that this invitation suite won a ADDY® award at the American Advertising Awards at the end of February. It won gold in the local level and earned it’s way to the district level.

George Street Photo & Video captured some great photos of how the space was transformed for Jennifer and James. Now, how cool this that!

Engaged on 4-1-14 and married on 5-1-15, Stephanie & Kurt came to us looking for a very traditional and classic invitation suite. Nothing flashy, yet simple and classic. I think we got it! The newly remodeled Edgewater Hotel was a perfect location for this Friday evening celebration.

We are very honored to be participating in Madison’s LGBT Wedding Expo in conjunction with the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce and Madison Marriott West. This is an exciting time in Wisconsin’s history with same-sex marriage becoming legal this past fall. Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to start planning your wedding and to meet vendors that can help make your special day even more memorable. (All are welcomed!)